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Personal Care and Service: Career and Education Opportunities in New York

Personal Care and Service:
Personal Care and Service workers provide assistance to consumers in personal hygiene, including care and maintenance to enhance an individual's appearance. Workers in this field also provide services in the entertainment and gaming industries.

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New York has a population of 19,541,453, which has grown by 2.98% over the past 10 years. Nicknamed the "Empire State," its capital is Albany, though its most populous city is New York. In 2008, there were a total of 11,289,001 jobs in New York. The average annual income was $48,809 in 2008, up from $47,628 the preceding year. The unemployment rate in New York was 8.4% in 2009, which has grown by 3.1% since the previous year. Approximately 27.4% of New York residents have college degrees, which is higher than the national average.

The top industries in New York include securities contracts intermediation, investment banking dealing, and apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers. Notable tourist attractions include the Abigail Adams Smith Museum, the Asian American Arts Centre, and the Anthology Film Archives Administration.

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CAREERS WITHIN: Personal Care and Service

Nannies and other child care workers attend to children in homes, businesses and child care facilities. With a special eye towards nurturing, they take care of feeding, bathing and watching over children as they play.

Fitness and Recreation workers help people as they work out and relax in gyms, spas and sports facilities. Attending to customers both in the facilities and the locker rooms, they work to make sure that workout and recreational needs are met.

Funeral home staff attend to people during some of the most troubling times of their lives. Making sure the experience is as smooth and painless as possible, their job is to bring calm to a difficult time.